From local ecosystems to international decisions.

Our educational and awareness-raising work runs in two directions. We build understanding of the environmental and climate crisis, and of the international mechanisms — particularly within the UN system — through which environmental protections can be advocated for and defended, and we equip communities, advocates and partners to engage them effectively.

And we raise awareness among UN bodies, States and civil society of the environmental and climate issues at stake around the world, so that those making decisions understand the realities on the ground.

We bring environmental and climate concerns to the United Nations and to UN climate conferences (COP) — through oral and written statements, submissions to Special Procedures and Treaty Bodies, and side events in Geneva and at the COP — and we connect the communities closest to the crisis with UN experts and States' delegations.

This puts environmental concerns, and the people living with their consequences, directly in front of those making the decisions — and helps protect ecosystems from harm.

Beyond raising awareness, we work with States, missions and institutions to press for concrete action — upholding environmental obligations, strengthening climate and environmental policy, and advancing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.